For Sale 1951 Smith-Corona Typewriter Discount
Elgin Echo Stationers offers a demonstrator Smith-Corona Sterling typewriter at a $20 discount. Also advertised is a Deering binder with new platform priced at $4000 by Falth & Light, Elgin dealers. Free two tickets to The Sea Hornet show at Avalon theatre via Clermont offer. July 31.
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Lulu Schmid
Elgin
Echo Office
Flaming Feather
the Avalon
Lorranne Crowe
Clermont
Avalon
John
Smith-Corona Sterling Typewriter
Elgin Echo
C. Peterson
Avalon Theatre
Smith-Corona
Reuben Hackmann
Demo Convention on in Progress
The piece notes a committee to be filled tomorrow and elections to it will influence party actions in the state. It mentions the convention must approve its platform for Republican candidates seeking state office this fall.
Unity Effort Underway After Taft Eisenhower Split in Iowa
Republicans in Iowa move to heal divisions after a bitter Taft Eisenhower battle at the Chicago convention. Delegates and supporters previously traded sharp exchanges as the factional split threatened the party unity. State GOP officials now push for reconciliation to secure victories at state and national levels this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
GOP
Chicago
Towa Taft
Departure of Morrison sparks anti trust debate in Washington
C W Harder reviews H Graham Morrison’s exit as assistant attorney general in charge of the anti trust division. He notes repeated brief tenures, calls for reform to shield capable leaders, and highlights Morrison’s report on monopoly and his push for lower costs and wider opportunity. The piece mocks factions seeking control and Egyptian conspiracies while urging stronger protections for honest administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
H. Graham Morrison
Morrison
John Sparkman
Alabama
Senate
Small Business Committee
United States
Washington
Justice Department
Morrion
Town liquor commission suspends store managers in two cities
The Town liquor control commission remains against resale of liquor and has suspended two store managers at Ft. Dodge and Sioux City for allegations of selling liquor for resale. Investigations of stores in other towns continue as the panel enforces its policy against liquor by the drink sales. The commission still allows large sales to private individuals for weddings or private parties, focusing on curbing illegal resale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Liquor Control Commission
Ft. Dodge
Sioux City
Commission
Harold Wolfe
Iowa
Poker Player Sees Value in Seeded Cards
A poker player remarked that the outcome mattered to him as he shuffled and stacked the cards, signaling the significance he places on this hand and its stakes.
Oldest Iowa resident marks 102nd birthday in Adgas
In Dallas County Mrs Gutherine Johnson of Adgs observed her 102nd birthday on July 8. A courthouse project in Gutherle County got an unexpected boost after high winds damaged the roof and chimney of a 70 year old structure. Ben Blake of Belmond suffered an elbow injury when a bulldozer blade scraped his car on Highway 69. Manilla pharmacist W P Strain retired after 52 years, having earned his pharmacy degree in 1900 following service in the Spanish American War.
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Dallas County
Gutherine Johnson
Adgs
Gutherle County
Iowa
Ben Blake
Belmond
At .Manilla
W. P. [Strain
Cuba
Court House Real Estate Transfers and Odd Anecdotes
Real estate transfers list Harold Hermen and wife to Lee M Gould and wife jointly with $1 consideration for Lot 2 Elk 1 in Wadena. Also mentions Martin Wenger of Elgin purchasing a Plymouth sedan. A dying man in a will scene signs only four letters, then insists “Ti dee” when ready. Show Girl receives mink skins from admirer and deflects a sneering remark about the giver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermen, Harold & Wf
Lee M. Gould & Wf
North 38
Elk
Wadena
David
Dee
Broadcasters and Witty Fragments in Postwar Snippets
A collage of spoken lines shows a nurse cooling fever with a gentle touch, a slap echoing in the room, and a young man debating marriage and earnings. A child braves hospital care while a waitress offers tea and a customer requests medicine with polite humor.
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Harris
Falb & Light
Towa
C. R. Piano Co
1St Ave
N. BE
Cedar Rapids
Echo Stationery
Prang
Bup
John Anderson
Meyer’s Hatchery
Postville
Apt
Alpha
Hangartner
Towa Newspapers
Iowa City
Miller
E. Congress
Milwaukee
Wisc
Gerald Schneider
Davenport
Hans “Sandvold
Afc
U.S. Marines
al Barry
Oelwein
Gene Nutting
Elgin Dial
Noel Brockway
Weer Union
John Deere Hay Rake
Falb & ‘Light
C. Wilson Harder
W. Harder
Bergeon
Berge
National Federation
Ofce
Congress
Edgar Hoover
Pends
Aerway
E. R. Withell
D.C
State Bank
Elkader
Schori Bros
Rabout
Martin Wenger
Plymouth
George Metzger
Raith Packing Co
Waterloo Bus
House
G. W. Alderson
Orvin Thompson
Mar. Orvin . Thomypson
DR. L. R. Tapp
Louis Schutte & Son
Clermont and
Funeral Home
Wenger Sales Commission
Harry Wenger
Diz” Dean
Josh
Little Ellen
Schori
Kuster Elgin, Iowa
FELCO
Elgin Cooperative
Max Medberry
Mer
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